The FBI's years-long investigation into Saudi Arabia's role in possibly planning the 9/11 attacks did not show a clear connection, according to new documents.
The Saudi Embassy in Washington did not respond to a request for comment on Wednesday.
In February 2000, shortly after their arrival in Southern California, they encountered at a halal restaurant a Saudi national named Omar al-Bayoumi, who subsequently helped them find and lease an apartment in San Diego. He had previously drawn FBI scrutiny but was never charged over his connections with the future hijackers.
The FBI examined whether Saudis who had given financial support to al-Hazmi and al-Mihdhar had ties to the plotters of the attack.
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